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Seong Taek Yun

Seong Taek Yun

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Earth Science
Korea
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
8249
World Ranking
4902
National Ranking
3

Seong Taek Yun publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seong Taek Yun sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 256 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Seong Taek Yun D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seong Taek Yun sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Seong Taek Yun is affiliated with Korea University in South Korea and conducts research primarily in Environmental Science. Their work covers several subfields including Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology, Artificial Intelligence, Geophysics, and Pollution.

Their main research topics include:

  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Seong Taek Yun has published extensively with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Economic and Environmental Geology
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Key recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Shift of nitrate sources in groundwater due to intensive livestock farming on Jeju Island, South Korea: With emphasis on legacy effects on water management (2021, Water Research)
  • Geochemical pattern recognitions of deep thermal groundwater in South Korea using self-organizing map: Identified pathways of geochemical reaction and mixing (2020, Journal of Hydrology)
  • Electrokinetic remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils: performance comparison between one- and two-dimensional electrode configurations (2020, Journal of Soils and Sediments)
  • Groundwater contamination assessment in Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia with combined use of hydrochemical, environmental isotopic, and statistical approaches (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Identification of organic chemical indicators for tracking pollution sources in groundwater by machine learning from GC-HRMS-based suspect and non-target screening data (2024, Water Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Seong Taek Yun include:

  • Soonyoung Yu
  • Ho-Rim Kim
  • Kyoung-Ho Kim
  • Duk-Min Kim
  • Junseop Oh

Best Publications

  • Global demand for rare earth resources and strategies for green mining.

    Tanushree Dutta;Ki Hyun Kim;Minori Uchimiya;Eilhann E. Kwon

  • Fluorine geochemistry in bedrock groundwater of South Korea.

    Gi Tak Chae;Seong Taek Yun;Bernhard Mayer;Kyoung Ho Kim

  • Regional hydrochemical study on salinization of coastal aquifers, western coastal area of South Korea

    Seh Chang Park;Seong Taek Yun;Gi Tak Chae;In Sik Yoo

  • Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) into the Yellow Sea revealed by 228Ra and 226Ra isotopes: Implications for global silicate fluxes

    Guebuem Kim;Jae Woong Ryu;Han Soeb Yang;Seong Taek Yun

  • Hydrogeochemistry of sodium-bicarbonate type bedrock groundwater in the Pocheon spa area, South Korea: water–rock interaction and hydrologic mixing

    Gi Tak Chae;Seong Taek Yun;Kangjoo Kim;Bernhard Mayer

  • Current status of trace metal pollution in soils affected by industrial activities.

    Ehsanul Kabir;Sharmila Ray;Ki Hyun Kim;Hye On Yoon

  • Hydrogeochemistry of alluvial groundwaters in an agricultural area: an implication for groundwater contamination susceptibility.

    Gi Tak Chae;Kangjoo Kim;Seong Taek Yun;Kyoung Ho Kim

  • Removal of copper, nickel and chromium mixtures from metal plating wastewater by adsorption with modified carbon foam.

    Chang Gu Lee;Soonjae Lee;Jeong Ann Park;Chanhyuk Park

  • Metal contamination and solid phase partitioning of metals in urban roadside sediments.

    Pyeong Koo Lee;Youn Hee Yu;Seong Taek Yun;Bernhard Mayer

  • Batch dissolution of granite and biotite in water: Implication for fluorine geochemistry in groundwater

    Gi Tak Chae;Seong Taek Yun;Man Jae Kwon;Yi Seop Kim

  • Two-year magnetic monitoring in conjunction with geochemical and electron microscopic data of roadside dust in Seoul, Korea

    Wonnyon Kim;Seong Jae Doh;Yong Hee Park;Seong Taek Yun

  • Pilot scale study on the ex situ electrokinetic removal of heavy metals from municipal wastewater sludges.

    Soon Oh Kim;Seung Hyeon Moon;Kyoung Woong Kim;Seong Taek Yun

  • Hydrogeochemical interpretation of South Korean groundwater monitoring data using Self-Organizing Maps

    Byoung Young Choi;Seong Taek Yun;Kyoung Ho Kim;Ji Wook Kim

  • Alteration-mineralization zoning and fluid inclusions of the high sulfidation epithermal Cu-Au mineralization at Zijinshan, Fujian Province, China

    Chil-Sup So;Zhang Dequan;Seong-Taek Yun;Li Daxing

  • Recovery of nanomaterials from battery and electronic wastes: A new paradigm of environmental waste management

    Tanushree Dutta;Ki Hyun Kim;Akash Deep;Jan E. Szulejko

  • Hydrochemical and multivariate statistical interpretations of spatial controls of nitrate concentrations in a shallow alluvial aquifer around oxbow lakes (Osong area, central Korea)

    Kyoung Ho Kim;Seong Taek Yun;Byoung Young Choi;Gi Tak Chae

  • Quantification of nitrate sources in groundwater using hydrochemical and dual isotopic data combined with a Bayesian mixing model

    Kyoung Ho Kim;Seong Taek Yun;Bernhard Mayer;Jeong Ho Lee

  • The combined use of self-organizing map technique and fuzzy c-means clustering to evaluate urban groundwater quality in Seoul metropolitan city, South Korea

    Kyung Jin Lee;Seong Taek Yun;Soonyoung Yu;Kyoung Ho Kim

  • Determination of natural backgrounds and thresholds of nitrate in South Korean groundwater using model-based statistical approaches

    Kyoung Ho Kim;Seong Taek Yun;Hyun Koo Kim;Ji Wook Kim

  • Geologic controls on the chemical behaviour of nitrate in riverside alluvial aquifers, Korea

    Joong Hyuk Min;Seong Taek Yun;Kangjoo Kim;Hyoung Soo Kim

  • Hydrochemistry of urban groundwater in Seoul, South Korea: effects of land-use and pollutant recharge

    Byoung Young Choi;Seong Taek Yun;Soon Young Yu;Pyeong Koo Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Mayer
Bernhard Mayer University of Calgary
Sang-Hyup Lee
Sang-Hyup Lee Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Ki-Hyun Kim
Ki-Hyun Kim Hanyang University
Kang-Kun Lee
Kang-Kun Lee Seoul National University
Ian Hutcheon
Ian Hutcheon University of Calgary
Yowhan Son
Yowhan Son Korea University
Kyoung-Woong Kim
Kyoung-Woong Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Eilhann E. Kwon
Eilhann E. Kwon Hanyang University
Young Keun Kim
Young Keun Kim Korea University
Akash Deep
Akash Deep Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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